Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh on Saturday dropped broad hints of taking the initiative to start a fresh peace talks with Maoists, even as eminent social activist Swami Agnivesh said, “Time is now ripe for resolving the age-old Naxal problem”.

Sending a strong message to red rebels, chief minister Raman Singh on Wednesday unfurled the tricolour at Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region, a Maoist heartland, to mark the 62nd Republic Day.

Suspected Maoist militants on Tuesday abducted five jawans of Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF), an elite anti-Naxal wing of the state police, and a civilian from a passenger bus at Mehrabeda in the insurgency-hit Narayanpur district, about 450 km from here, the police said.

The Chhattisgarh high court will continue hearing of the petition by jailed rights activist Binayak Sen seeking suspension of his life sentence awarded to him by the trial court in Raipur on December 24 on sedition charge, and bail for him, on Tuesday.

Security forces deployed for anti-Naxal operations will soon be assisted by a specialised breed of imported Belgian shepherd dogs in “infantry patrols” and also to provide pre-ambush warning to the tr

The Chhattisgarh high court at Bilashpur, nearly 120 km from here, is scheduled to hear a petition on Monday seeking suspension of life sentence awarded to civil rights activist Binayak Sen by a lower

An-eight member delegation of the European Union is expected to arrive in Bilaspur town on Monday to attend a bail plea of rights activist Binayak Sen that is to be heard by the Chhattisgarh high court.

International agencies — Nobel Peace Prize winner Medicines Sans Frontiers (MSF) (popularly known as Doctors without Borders) and Indian Red Cross Society — are under scanner of the Chhattisgarh police for allegedly “aiding Maoists” in Bastar region, the epicentre of Naxal activities in the country, senior police officers said on

A Food Corporation of India official has been arrested here by the CBI while taking a bribe of Rs 50,000 from a contractor to clear his bills.

In a decision that has the potential to spark a political as well as a racism row, Guru Ghasidas Central University at Bilashpur, nearly 130 km from here, has rusticated Craig Mcleod, son of Ingrid Mcleod, nominated Anglo-Indian member of the Lok Sabha, for allegedly manhandling two professors, university sources said on Monday.
The vice-chancellor announced the rustication of Craig Mcleod, a second-year student of engineering, on Sunday.